Negligence – Railroad bridge – Trespassing

U.S. District Court

Where claims of negligence and wrongful death were brought after a teenager was struck and killed by a train on the King Street bridge in East Greenwich, the defendant National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) is entitled to judgment on the pleadings because the decedent was trespassing and Amtrak did not discover her before the accident.
Background
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